I ve got experiance with Leki, Komperdell and black diamond.They are all good poles. i like the komperdell best. Most light and with a very long grip ( its runs for 25-30cm from the normal handhold down) for your hands so you can hold the pole lower on the mountain side and normal on the valley side when walking. Or when negotiating difficult terrean.

The first ones I looked at was Black Diamond Expedition Pole, but it's quite heavy, 630 grams. The second one was Leki Absorber at 400 grams.I haven't looked at all at Komperdell but I know that a place in town sells them. You said that the Komperdell Vest was best?

I've got the Black Diamond Expedition poles and they are great, very tough for ski touring and expedition abuse. The 3 sections is a great feature when you packed your poles in a bag or in your backpack. The flicklock system is the best system for poles in my opinion.

I've got the Black Diamond Expedition poles and they are great, very tough for ski touring and expedition abuse. The 3 sections is a great feature when you packed your poles in a bag or in your backpack. The flicklock system is the best system for poles in my opinion.

MikeW

Hi there,

I use BD as well, though I am not sure it is the expedition.It was the lightest one available, 3 pieces, 1 flicklock (great, even with mittens on) and one little click in place fixed lock to get the bottom part in/out and fixed.That bottom fix messed up once but was replaced by BD without questions asked, think it was moist from crossing rivers.

Noticed that the expedition poles have 2 flicklock systems which is better.

Sometimes manufacturers give weights per pair, sometimes per pole, so beware when comparing.. BD are 600g/pair, think Leki is 300-400 per pole.

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